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Stop losing logs during container log rotation (LOG-10476) - #3569
Under high container log volume, kubelet/CRI-O rotates container log files before the vector kubernetes_logs source discovers them, losing the unread tail of rotated files. Three generated-config settings combined to hide rotated files from discovery; this fixes all three:
glob_minimum_cooldown_ms 15000 → 1000 — a new log file could wait up to 15s before being globbed while rotation churned files every few seconds under load; 1000 is vector's upstream default
rotated-file exclusions removed — exclude_paths_glob_patterns dropped *.gz and *.log.*, making rotated CRI files invisible to the source; only *.tmp (kubelet's in-progress rotation file) is now excluded
trailing *.log → * in generated CRI-O path globs — every include/exclude glob matched only the active unrotated file; rotated siblings (0.log.<ts>, *.gz) are now visible, which also keeps infra logs out of application pipelines via the infra-namespace exclusion globs once the global rotated-file exclusions are gone
Validated in the LOG-8640 rotation campaign (workspace PR #34, RESULTS.md): 0% loss with no duplicates at no measurable CPU/memory cost (rotate_wait_secs irrelevant: 5 ~ 30 ~ 120). Oversized lines (> containerLogMaxSize) are a separate structural failure needing max_merged_line_bytes + truncate and are out of scope here.
Container log globs now match files without requiring a .log suffix, and their minimum cooldown is 1,000 ms. Functional test readers can wait for specified result counts, and related tests now use count-based reads or retries.
Container path patterns no longer require .log filenames. The default extension exclusions retain only tmp, and the minimum glob cooldown changes to 1,000 ms.
Source configurations broaden include and exclude patterns to cover files without .log suffixes. They remove .gz and .log.* exclusions, retain temporary-file exclusions, and set the minimum glob cooldown to 1,000 ms.
Wait for expected log counts test/framework/functional/{output_elasticsearch.go,output_splunk.go,output_victorialogs.go,read.go}, test/functional/flowcontrol/*, test/functional/normalization/*, test/functional/outputs/*
Functional readers support minimum result counts or an expected application-log count. Tests provide expected counts or retry count assertions until the expected result is available.
The change broadens container log globs and shortens the glob cooldown. One functional throttling test no longer detects a missing throttle. There is no production impact from this gap, and the fix is a one-line change to the query limit.
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e2e-ocp-5-0: infra. NoClusters on the obs-logging 5-0 pool, claim was in queue for the full hour. Safe to retest.
e2e-pre-merge: one failed spec — the LokiStack metrics check
Likely not related to this PR, since chore: bump the all-dependencies group across 1 directory with 20 updates #3567 failed a different metrics spec on a fresh 5.0.0 cluster yesterday
Both pools re-stocked this week with fresh 4.21.41/5.0.0 clusters. Interesting note: the last green run (Oct 28) was on 4.21.37. Looks like a possible monitoring/payload issue.
functional-target: real failures, all short on record counts.
flowcontrol tests in master are green on this job (same pool, yesterday, chore: bump the all-dependencies group across 1 directory with 20 updates #3567). The pattern lines up with the glob/exclusion changes here, so likely worth checking whether the excludes now drop records that used to be collected.
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Major · Preserve unread data when a watched file is compressed. · container.go:38-41
internal/generator/vector/input/container.go:38-41 Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Preserve unread data when a watched file is compressed.
If a gzip file matches a partially read watcher before another matching path is found, Vector replaces the watcher’s reader with null_reader(). The unread bytes are then lost. Make gzip discovery preserve those bytes while retaining recovery of newly discovered rotated files.
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Review comment at @internal/generator/vector/input/container.go around lines 38
- 41:
Update gzip-file discovery in the container input flow around excludeExtensions
so a matching compressed path cannot replace a partially read watcher’s reader
with null_reader(); preserve its unread bytes while still discovering newly
rotated files.
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test/framework/functional/read.go: 1
67-80: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value
Report the observed count on timeout.
A timeout discards partial results. The callers check the error first, so include the count in the error.
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if err != nil {
return false, err
}
+ logs = l
if len(l) >= n {
- logs = l
return true, nil
}
return false, nil
})
+ if err != nil {+ err = fmt.Errorf("read %d of %d application logs: %w", len(logs), n, err)+ }
return logs, err
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Review comment at @test/framework/functional/read.go around lines 67 - 80:
Update ReadApplicationLogsFromCount to retain each successful partial result
before checking whether the requested count has been reached. When polling
returns an error, wrap it with the observed and requested log counts while
preserving the underlying error; keep the existing success behavior unchanged.
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Review comments at @test/framework/functional/output_splunk.go:
- Around line 210-219: Update ReadAppLogsByIndexFromSplunkCount to use one outer
context with the MaxReadDuration deadline and pass it to the inner poll.
Propagate that context through ReadAppLogsByIndexFromSplunk to the command
execution so the Splunk search is canceled when the outer deadline expires; use
the command API’s supported context-aware path.
Review comments at @test/functional/flowcontrol/input_policy_test.go:
- Around line 61-80: Update the flow-control test around totalRecords to
generate a controlled workload above the 10-records-per-second limit throughout
a known sampling interval. Assert the accepted-record count stays within a bound
that allows for delivery and window timing, rather than relying on a post-burst
delta that can be zero after excess records are dropped.
Review comments at
@test/functional/outputs/elasticsearch/forward_to_elasticsearch_test.go:
- Around line 384-387: Update getLogsFromAllEndpoints so each polling attempt
performs a single-shot query against both Elasticsearch nodes without an
internal wait; distinguish an empty index from a query error so polling can
retry empty results without masking failures.
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @internal/generator/vector/input/container.go:
- Around line 38-41: Update gzip-file discovery in the container input flow
around excludeExtensions so a matching compressed path cannot replace a
partially read watcher’s reader with null_reader(); preserve its unread bytes
while still discovering newly rotated files.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @test/framework/functional/read.go:
- Around line 67-80: Update ReadApplicationLogsFromCount to retain each
successful partial result before checking whether the requested count has been
reached. When polling returns an error, wrap it with the observed and requested
log counts while preserving the underlying error; keep the existing success
behavior unchanged.
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Under high container log volume, kubelet/CRI-O rotates container log
files before the kubernetes_logs source discovers them, losing the
unread tail of rotated files. Three generated-config settings combined
to hide rotated files from discovery:
- glob_minimum_cooldown_ms=15000 let new files wait up to 15s before
being globbed while rotation churned files every few seconds; lower
it to vector's upstream default of 1000
- exclude_paths_glob_patterns dropped *.gz and *.log.*, making rotated
CRI files invisible; keep only *.tmp (kubelet's in-progress rotation
file)
- every generated CRI-O path glob ended in *.log, matching only the
active unrotated file; change the trailing segment to * so rotated
siblings (0.log.<ts>, *.gz) remain visible
Validated in the LOG-8640 rotation campaign: 0% loss with no
duplicates at no measurable CPU/memory cost.
https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/LOG-10476
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Review comments at @test/functional/flowcontrol/input_policy_test.go:
- Line 66: Update the Loki query limit in the flow-control test so it exceeds
the asserted upper bound of 100, then keep the records-count assertion
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Raise the query limit above the asserted upper bound.
The query at Line 56 requests only 20 entries. Receiver.Query passes that value as Loki's limit, which caps the returned entries. Therefore, len(records) <= 100 passes even when the collector forwards all 1,000 records without throttling. Request more than 100 entries, or query an aggregate count, before applying this assertion. (grafana.com)
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Update the Loki query limit in the flow-control test so it exceeds the asserted upper bound of 100, then keep the records-count assertion meaningful for detecting whether all 1,000 records were forwarded.
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Summary
Under high container log volume, kubelet/CRI-O rotates container log files before the vector
kubernetes_logssource discovers them, losing the unread tail of rotated files. Three generated-config settings combined to hide rotated files from discovery; this fixes all three:glob_minimum_cooldown_ms15000 → 1000 — a new log file could wait up to 15s before being globbed while rotation churned files every few seconds under load; 1000 is vector's upstream defaultexclude_paths_glob_patternsdropped*.gzand*.log.*, making rotated CRI files invisible to the source; only*.tmp(kubelet's in-progress rotation file) is now excluded*.log→*in generated CRI-O path globs — every include/exclude glob matched only the active unrotated file; rotated siblings (0.log.<ts>,*.gz) are now visible, which also keeps infra logs out of application pipelines via the infra-namespace exclusion globs once the global rotated-file exclusions are goneValidated in the LOG-8640 rotation campaign (workspace PR #34,
RESULTS.md): 0% loss with no duplicates at no measurable CPU/memory cost (rotate_wait_secsirrelevant: 5 ~ 30 ~ 120). Oversized lines (> containerLogMaxSize) are a separate structural failure needingmax_merged_line_bytes+ truncate and are out of scope here.Fixes: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/LOG-10476
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.log, including rotated log files.Tests